Ep. 454 - An Orchid that Smells Like Aphids Revisited
In Defense of Plants Podcast
In Defense of Plants
4.8 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 31 December 2023
⏱️ 17 minutes
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Summary
My guest today is Melissa Díaz-Morales from the Jardín Botánico Lankester in Costa Rica and her work focuses on orchid pollination. Orchids are known for their deceitful pollination syndromes and Melissa has spent the last few years working on a lady slipper orchid known as Phragmipedium longifolium. This flowers of this beautiful orchid appear to be mimicking aphid infestations. Why is that? Listen and find out ;) This episode was produced in part by Sung, NOK, Stephen, Heidi, Kristin, Luke, Sea, Shannon, Thomas, Will, Jamie, Waverly, Brent, Tanner, Rick, Kazys, Dorothy, Katherine, Emily, Theo, Nichole, Paul, Karen, Randi, Caelan, Tom, Don, Susan, Corbin, Keena, Robin, Peter, Whitney, Kenned, Margaret, Daniel, Karen, David, Earl, Jocelyn, Gary, Krysta, Elizabeth, Southern California Carnivorous Plant Enthusiasts, Pattypollinators, Peter, Judson, Ella, Alex, Dan, Pamela, Peter, Andrea, Nathan, Karyn, Michelle, Jillian, Chellie, Linda, Laura, Miz Holly, Christie, Carlos, Paleo Fern, Levi, Sylvia, Lanny, Ben, Lily, Craig, Sarah, Lor, Monika, Brandon, Jeremy, Suzanne, Kristina, Christine, Silas, Michael, Aristia, Felicidad, Lauren, Danielle, Allie, Jeffrey, Amanda, Tommy, Marcel, C Leigh, Karma, Shelby, Christopher, Alvin, Arek, Chellie, Dani, Paul, Dani, Tara, Elly, Colleen, Natalie, Nathan, Ario, Laura, Cari, Margaret, Mary, Connor, Nathan, Jan, Jerome, Brian, Azomonas, Ellie, University Greens, Joseph, Melody, Patricia, Matthew, Garrett, John, Ashley, Cathrine, Melvin, OrangeJulian, Porter, Jules, Griff, Joan, Megan, Marabeth, Les, Ali, Southside Plants, Keiko, Robert, Bryce, Wilma, Amanda, Helen, Mikey, Michelle, German, Joerg, Cathy, Tate, Steve, Kae, Carole, Mr. Keith Santner, Lynn, Aaron, Sara, Kenned, Brett, Jocelyn, Ethan, Sheryl, Runaway Goldfish, Ryan, Chris, Alana, Rachel, Joanna, Lori, Paul, Griff, Matthew, Bobby, Vaibhav, Steven, Joseph, Brandon, Liam, Hall, Jared, Brandon, Christina, Carly, Kazys, Stephen, Katherine, Mohsin Kazmi Takes Pictures, Manny, doeg, Daniel, Tim, Philip, Tim, Lisa, Brodie, Bendix, Irene, holly, Sara, and Margie.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello everyone and welcome to the Indefensive Plants podcast the official |
| 0:03.2 | podcast of Indefensive Plants.com. What's up? This is your host Matt. Welcome to the |
| 0:07.3 | show and happy new year. I have a really short episode for you today but it is a |
| 0:11.0 | really cool episode nevertheless. This is one of the ones |
| 0:14.0 | we dove back into the history of this podcast. This episode occurred in Costa Rica back in |
| 0:18.8 | 2018 and it is the first time Melissa Diaz-Moralis appeared on the show. |
| 0:23.5 | This time she's talking about orchid pollination in one of the most bizarre ways you're ever going to hear. |
| 0:27.7 | And that is by a deceitful pollination syndrome that involves mimicking aphids. This involves a tropical lady slipper called |
| 0:34.5 | Fragmapedium Londropholium and its pollination mechanism is |
| 0:38.4 | absolutely incredible but I don't want to steal any of Melissa's thunder |
| 0:41.4 | let's let her describe it. |
| 0:43.2 | Without further ado, here's my conversation |
| 0:45.2 | with Melissa Diaz-Morales. |
| 0:46.8 | I hope you enjoy. Hello? Hi? |
| 0:53.0 | Enjoying yourself. |
| 0:54.0 | Of course. |
| 0:55.0 | What? What? |
| 0:56.0 | Oh, I'm Hello. Hi? |
| 1:03.0 | Hi. Enjoying yourself? |
| 1:04.0 | Of course. |
| 1:05.0 | Wonderful. |
| 1:06.0 | So how about you start off, tell us who you are and what it is you do? |
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